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The Wicked and the Warped

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The Wicked and the Warped

By: Robert Rath
Narrated by: Richard Reed
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A Necrons Audiobook

Trazyn the Infinite and Orikan the Diviner return, continuing their rivalry for better or worse. Fate has given them a gift – an ancient world from the necrons' past has returned, but uncovering its secrets may prove more difficult than they anticipated.

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It's another chance to see the scintillating relationship between these two luminaries of the necron race, and another glimpse into their unique view of time and the upstarts that populate the galaxy.

THE STORY

Trazyn the Infinite and Orikan the Diviner hate each other. Orikan is a master astromancer, not content with merely observing the future when the opportunity to shape it is within his grasp. Trazyn is an egotistical historian and meddler, stealing people and events out of the present to forever preserve them in his gallery. Their feud has lasted millennia, destroyed worlds, and defined their immortality.

When the opening of the Great Rift delivers a mysterious world from the necrons' past back into realspace, Trazyn sees an opportunity – this is his chance to not only mend his quarrel with the embittered Orikan, but to uncover the fate of the last expedition to the Chaos-corrupted planet of Amenthis. What horrors of the past will they unearth in its depths, and what will their discoveries mean for their future?

Written by Robert Rath. Narrated by Richard Reed. Runtime 13 hours and 24 minutes approx.

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fantastic book it is so rare that a second book in the 40k series is better then the first

finally a sequel that stands out

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I was expecting a good sequel but honestly this exceeded my expectations. The first book in a long time I’ve LAUGHED to, properly shaking with laughter while in the car and while working. I had to pause the book so my co-workers didn’t think I was insane.

My favourite thing about the book besides the obviously entertaining interactions between Trayzn and Orikan were honestly the moments from the perspective of a human. A human character, Valeria, who was actually very compelling and I was always excited to see her POV.
It made the necrons feel eerie, yet animated; all the scenes described felt so satisfying as a necron fan.

We often see necrons and humans fighting but seeing them really interact scratched an itch for me.
I do feel the last little bit was rushed and sort of hurried over some things that would’ve felt better to ease out of. Especially after such an extensive lead-up but it seems it’s set us up for a part 3 quite nicely— so I’m looking forward to it.

Genuinely a must read if you enjoyed the first book or like 40k comedy.

Made me laugh out loud- so fun and entertaining I am shocked

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once again robert rath and richard reed have delivered an amazing book.

an amazing sequal to one of the best 40k novels written.

highly recommend

fantastic as expected

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Whilst the wind up to absolute chaos is a bit slow it goes from 7 to 10 stars in 5 seconds making the psychological elements of the book truly worth it including the real bombshells of retcon

Absolutely brilliant continuing of chaos

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Exactly what you’d expect from a sequel to the infinite and the divine. My only gripe is that the plot outline is basically the exact same as the first. Promising necron myth, which seems real, but is actually just a trick of malign entities.

Decent sequel

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